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The Effect of Psychological Counseling Program on Stress During the Covid-19 Virus Epidemic Among the Employees of Alborz University of Medical Sciences
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Ehsan Seif    , Mahmoud Rasoulian , Ehsan Shahrestanaki , Pouria Basiri , Shaghayegh Mousavi , Zahra Esmaeili Abdar , Mostafa Qorbani |
| Student Research Committee Alborz University of Medical Sciences Alborz Iran, Karaj, Iran. |
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Abstract: (853 Views) |
Background: When the Covid-19 was spread around the world, there have been concerns that the mental health of people in the community is at risk. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate the effect of psychological counseling program on stress during the Quid-19 virus epidemic crisis among the staff of Alborz University of Medical Sciences.
Methods: This intervention study was performed over a period of one month. Psychotherapy intervention was performed in eight sessions (two sessions per week) for the intervention group and the control group received routine care. Chi-square, independent t-test and two-way ANOVA were performed.
Results: According to the two-way ANOVA test, training over time had a significant effect on the mean score of anxiety (p-value> 0.001, sleep (p-value = 0.001) and life satisfaction (p-value = 0.005). But these trainings over time had no a significant effect on the mean score of depression (p-value = 0.22), stress (p-value = 0.26), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (p-value = 0.21), Templer scale (p -value = 0.496), health satisfaction (p-value = 0.073) and ZUNG scale (p-value = 0.051).
Conclusion: The results of the study showed that with good care and psychological counseling sessions during difficult collective times such as epidemics, the level of anxiety was greatly reduced and the quality of sleep and life satisfaction increased.
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| Keywords: Covid-19, Corona, Stress, Employees |
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Received: 2022/07/31 | Accepted: 2022/08/01 | Published: 2022/08/01
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